The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-31
Waited from Track and Road.
l., W. HESS, Editor.

man was the handsomost. Its front page was
great sires Of the country. Asapaper descrip.
tive Of many stock farms and great sres, the
Hoy~mau eXcelled all others; while, for val
liable information, ! think the Spirit Of the
Times takes the lead. The article, "Trotting
Tracks, how to build and manage them" by
Association, Is one Of the best, IL not the best,
ever written on that subject. athletic
Grounds and Games" by w. B. Curtis, is =
comprehensive and able article on building
and management Of athletic grounds.
Mr.. Robinson, OF Marseilles, H., was in.
He reports his horses wintering finely, and
says that the 3.year.old Mil Boy, 2:57i9 over
a half mile track, is fine as silk. He expects
to put u 4. year.old record Of 2:35 or better on
him.
The sIeighing is only fair; but noticed
few good races down the road Among the
number out behind their horses, who came
down in the front rank, were, DR.. Mears, be-
hind the big bay Clarence Boy, 2:39i4; X. +.
Prettyman, with his speedy chestnut mare.
The black pacing colt, owned by j. II. Pick
ems, was also up among them; 50 was j. T..
Carew's sorrel horse Goldust.
J. II. Engleman, of Danville, purchased Of
W. Lee the same place, his interest in the bay
gelding jeremiah, by william Welch. Jere-
miah won at Paris Fair, defeating such good
horses as Gen. Wilkes, 2:2lal, and Nellie ",
TIN DOG ,D.,lS nd
on half.mile track.
j. II. Shultz, of Brooklyn, has gone to Cali
fornia to buy the stallion Guy Wilkes, 2:l5l,
by George Wilkes dam Lady Bunker.
j. |. Case says that the talk about Jay. Eye
See being broke down was nonsense, and he
expects him to be Il better horse than ever
next year.
Col K. P. Pepper, of Frankfort, sold to
Frank Hoyt, of Philadelphia, the bay trotting
stallion Code, 2;22li, by Dictator, dam Crop,
by Pilot, Jr., for $4,000
s. B. Offutt, of Georgetown, sold the year
ling Red Wilkes colt Redmore to W. F. Cald-
well, of Kansas, for 81 800. Also weanling
colt Silverthorn, by Alandorf, dam by Lake.
land Abdallah, for $3.50.
J. II. Engleman and L. b. Fields, Of Dan
Vile, Ky, sold to F. D. Stout the bay mare
May Belle. by Dictator, dam Vic, by Mambri-
no Chief, for 81 go. She is in foal by Lord
Russell, brother to Maud s., and will be stint,
ed 10 Nutwood the coming season.
The broodmare Emelne, by Henry B. Patch, !
.u, foalcd 1868 died September 20, 1880, pro
iuccd twelve foals by six different stations,
md six of the twelve foals acquired records
Of better than 2:30, rs follows;
Oh. III. Adele Gould, by Jay Gonld ...9;l9 |
B. m. Kate Taylor, by Aberdeen ....,.?:232ti /
Oh. M. Augusta Schuyler, by Aberdeen, ";!5
Oh. h. Jersey Prince, by Ky. Prince. 2:271l |
3. IN. Alice Blackwood, by Blackwood. .2:2911s
Oh. III. Ray Gould, by Jay Gould. .2:29l
The road riders of New York are striving
'ery hard to obtain dirt road for the exclu-
tive speeding Of fast trotters through Central
Park. A large amount Of money could be
-ased to support the project, but the park |
block the way. A similar pro- !
cct in San Francisco quickly enlisted the CO.
operation of the authorities, and when an esti-
mate of $50 900 as the cost of the work was
The b. c. Memento, which trotted mile III
25G3l at Lexington, KY, Oct. 10, 1887 was
the first yearling tilly to beat minutes.
Charles Schwartz, owner of Oliver X. and
Charley Hogan, says Oliver X. is all right and
VIII be out with the frec.for. all trotters next
season. "You'll hear from him; see if you
DON'T" said he. "He could have trotted last
summer only Budd Doble was scared. You
know how careful Budd Is and how long he
can wait on horse. Perhaps he is right, but
the day he laid Oliver X. up he was faster
than lie ever was in his life, and Budd admit
ted it. That very day the horse trotted a
quarter in 81 1, and Budd didn't think he was
going that fast If Oliver X. don make trou-
bic next season III be disappointed"
The Italian parties who in the summer of
1854 bought of "Knap" Mccarthy the bay
mare Zoe b., 2:l1l4 by Bike Bull, for $40, 900,
and sent her to Europe, are trying to buy Ro
salind Wilkes, ::lS3. of the Sire Bros, and
have made an offer of $4,000 for the mare
The price asked is $4,000
Johnny Goldsmith says that it would be no
lTOuDlc AT ull LOT min 10 bc9l INC ychT-Olu
record of 2;2l made bp Wiidiower with the
baby colt Grandcc. lle says the youngster
can beat 2:20 any day. Johnny left San Fran
cisco last Sunday, and is now at his old home,
Washingtonyile, n. Y. He will return to
California in about two months.
Mr.. William VI. Singerly, the well known
editor of the Record, Philadelphia, is credited
with saying: "The drivers would certainly
stand much better with the community and
make more money by building up rcputa-
ton for integrity. Look AT Budd Doble, John
Murphy and Crit Davis. Wealthy men are
their patrons, and their stalls are always full.
No suspicion of jobbery attaches to them.
There are probably men OF greater talent in
the profession, and if such do not stand high
in public regard II is their own foult."
j. W. Fisher, Of Quincy, Ill.,, owner of Nut
breaker, 2"A j, by Nutwood, has purchased
the farm of j. ]. Cassidy, two miles from
Paris, Ky, and will establish breeding farm
there.
The following account of the way in which
horses rest contains suggestions of value:
Horses can rest standing. provided the posi-.